EDITORIAL: City turns page on burned textiles plant.(Editorial)

Publication: Morning Call (Allentown, PA)

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Sep. 17--When the former Montex Textiles property burned in Allentown more than two years ago, it was no routine fire. Crews had to contend with hundreds of barrels of chemicals being stored there, including highly dangerous powdered aluminum, sulfuric acid, acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide.

After firefighters had the area at S. Sixth and Cumberland streets under control, the presence of the chemicals, some in damaged containers, so alarmed federal...

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